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Arts & Sciences has over 1,000 faculty and staff who utilize their diverse expertise in the pursuit of research breakthroughs, gaining a deeper understanding of the world's most pressing issues and serving as mentors of the next generation.
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Ana Babus
Economics
Aylin Bademsoy
Marlon M. Bailey
African and African-American StudiesWomen, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Sarah Baitzel
Anthropology
Thomas Bakupog
Chemistry
Kara Baldus-Mehrmann
Music
David Balota
Psychological & Brain Sciences
Darwin Baluran
Sudeshna Bandyopadhyay
Economics
Mary Jo Bang
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Deanna Barch
Psychological & Brain Sciences
Joe Barcroft
Romance Languages and Literatures
Anne Baril
Philosophy
Michael Barkasi
Pamela Barmash
Jewish, Islamic, and Middle Eastern Studies
Jonathan Barnes
Chemistry
Carolyn Barnes
Cynthia Barounis
Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Marisa Barragán-Peugnet
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Heather Barton
Biology
Colin Bassett
College Writing Program
Guinn Batten
English
John Baugh
Psychological & Brain Sciences
Barbara Baumgartner
Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Anne Margaret Baxley
Philosophy
Roger Beachy
Biology
Kurt Beals
Germanic Languages and Literatures
Lois Beck
Anthropology
Monique Bedasse
History
April Bednarski
Biology
Roya Beheshti Zavareh
Mathematics
Yehuda Ben-Shahar
Biology
Isaac Bendon
Deanna Benjamin
College Writing Program
Housni Bennis
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Nancy E. Berg
Jewish, Islamic, and Middle Eastern Studies
Marcus Berliant
Economics
Elizabeth Bernhardt
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Iver Bernstein
HistoryAfrican and African-American Studies
Ruth Berson
College Writing Program
Timm Betz
Anna F. Bialek
John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics
Vladimir Birman
Chemistry
John Bleeke
Chemistry
Joshua Blodgett
Biology
Kate Bloomquist
College Writing Program
Eliot Boden
Stefanie Boese
College Writing Program
Ryan Bogdan
Psychological & Brain Sciences
Michele Boldrin
Economics
Tim Bono
Psychological & Brain Sciences
Elizabeth Borgwardt
History
Daniel Bornstein
History
Arpita Bose
Biology
Carlos Botero
Biology
John Bowen
Anthropology
Zachary Bowersox
Political Science
Christina L. Boyd
Pascal Boyer
Anthropology
Alexander S. Bradley
Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences
Cindy Brantmeier
Global Studies
Stan Braude
Biology
Todd Braver
Psychological & Brain Sciences
Virginia Braxs
Romance Languages and Literatures
J. Dillon Brown
English
Eric Brown
Philosophy
J. Andrew Brown
Romance Languages and Literatures
Rachel Brown
Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
William Bubelis
Classics
James H. Buckley
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Francisco Buera
Economics
Julie Bugg
Psychological & Brain Sciences
Sebastian Buhts
Music
Patrick Burke
Music
Colin Burnett
Film and Media Studies
Andrew C. Butler
Education
Daniel Butler
Political Science
Paul Byrne
Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences
Recent Faculty Grants & Awards
Kevin Moeller, professor of chemistry in Arts & Sciences, recently received a nearly $1.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation. The award will support Moeller’s work with the collaborative Center for Synthetic Organic Electrochemistry.
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